Protector for collar buttons



.Fufly 1 1924. 1,500,653

' M. COHN ET AL PROTECTOR FOR COLLAR BUTTONS Filed Oct. 4, 1923 4 Ijnverzfoflf' Patented July l, 1924.

MEYER CGI-IN AND WILLIAM PRQBST, 0F GHILLICOTHE, OHIO.

PROTECTOR FOR COLLAR BUTTONS.

Application filed October 4, 1923.

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, MEYER COHN and IVILLIAM Pnons'r, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Ross and Stateof Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Protectors forCollar Buttons, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to a guard or protector adapted to be applied tothe base of a collar button for the purpose of covering the same in suchmanner so as to ensure a. tight lit between the button and the neckbandof the shirt to which the same is applied, also to produce an aircushion between the button and the neck of the wearer so as to avoid anydisagreeable pressure or contact, and also to prevent the collar buttonfrom discoloring the inner. surface of the neckband or the neck of thewearer and prevent chafing or otherwise injuriously affecting that partof the neck of the wearer which ordinarily would be engaged by thecollar button.

One of the purposes of this invention is to provide a guard or protectorof this character which is capable of being applied to and removed fromvarious sizes of standard forms of collar buttons now on the market, andthus render the same capable of practically universal use, such collarbuttons consisting generally of a large base, a comparatively small headand a reduced neck connecting the base and head.

Another object of this invention is to provide a guard or protector ofthis character which will not only protect the neckband of the shirt andthe neck of the wear er against the possibility of coming in contactwith the base of the button and being discolored thereby, but also toprovide an air cushion between the base of the button and the neckbandand the neck of the wearer which will avoid wearing the neckband andalso prevent any discomfort to the wearer.

A further object of this invention is to provide a guard or protectorhaving the above capacity which is simple in construction and capable ofbeing produced at low cost and thus possess the requisites for goinginto general use.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a collar button provided with a guardor roteo Serial No. 666,614.

tor embodying our improvements. Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3, 8, Figure 1.

Similar characters of reference refer to like parts in the severalfigures.

Although this guard or protector is adapted for use in connection withcollar buttons which may vary as to their details of construction, thebutton shown in the drawings, for example, is typical of one suitablefor use in connection with our invention and as there shown, the samecomprises a comparatively large circular base l, a co "iparatively smallhead 5, and a reduced neck 6 com'i-ecting the central part of the basewith the corresponding part of the head. In this instance the severalparts of the button are all stamped out of a single piece of sheetmetal, but obviously this button could be otherwise constructed as thesame forms no part of the present invention.

Our improved guard or protector which is designed to be used inconnection with thiscollar button may be variously organized, but in thepreferred form the same is constructed as follows:

'Ihe nunieral 7 represents a disc or circular diaphragm adapted toextend across the underside of the base of the collar button andpreferably constructed of downwardl dished concavo-convex form so thatan air space 8 is formed between the underside of the button base andthis protecting disc.

At its periphery or marginal edge, this protecting disc is provided withan upwardly and inwardly turned or curled attaching flange 9 whichpasses upwardly around the edge of the button base a and in actual useengages its inner terminal edge 10 with the upper side of the buttonbase at a distance from the edge thereof, as shown in Figure 1.

Adjacent to its peripheral edge or margin, the protecting disc 7 isprovided on its upper side with an annular bearing rib or bead 11 whichis preferably concentric with the axis of the disc 7 and adapted to bearwith its upper side against the under side of the button base 7, asshown in Figure 1. The location of this bead 11 and the edge of theflange 1G is preferably so determined that they are vertically in lineor substantially so, and bear against opposite sides of the same part ofthe button base 4 and form a practically air tight joint between thisbead and flange and the base of the button.

. By this means the space 8 intervening between the underside of thecollar button and the upper surface of the disk 7 practically forms anair tight cushion and a similar air tight air cushion 1.2 is formedbetween the flange 9 and the edge of the button base 4. Furthermore, thedisk 7 will bear yieldingly and with an air cushion effect against theneck of the wearer or the adjacent part of an undergarment which may bepresent and thereby avoid any disagreeable pressure thereagainst,thereby avoiding undue wear if the same should bear against anundergarment, as well as preventing chafing of the neck of the wearer orproducing any injurious effects, such as possible chafing, infection ordiscoloration which otherwise might be liable to occur, as has been thecase heretofore, due to the presence of injurious substances on collarbuttons not provided with a protecting cover or attachment. The aircushion formed around the edge of the button base also serves to form a.tight [it between the head of the button and the shirt band for thepurpose of preventing pinching of the neck of the wearer and alsoavoiding undue wear upon these parts and discoloration of the same whichotherwise would be liable to occur, as well as taking up the slackbetween the several thicknesses of goods which constitute the garmentand ensuring a comfortable fit of the same.

The disk 7, flange 9 and the rib or bead 11 are preferably constructedintegrally from a single piece of rubber by molding in any suitable andapproved manner, the consistency of this rubber being sucn that the sameis flexible or elastic. The same is therefore capable of being readilystretched so that the flange 9 can be sprung over the edge of the buttonbase for properly engaging the edge of this flange and the rib or beadof the disk with transversely opposing sides of the button base.

Owing to the simplicity in the construe-- tion of this guard orprotector, it is possible to manufacture the same in large quantitieseconomically and uniformly and thus permit of their general use withoutmaterially increasing the cost over and above that of ordinary collarbuttons unprovided with such a protector.

W e claim as our invention:

1. The combination with a collar button having a base, a head and a neckconnecting the base and head, of a flexible rubber disk mountedon saidbase and forming therewith an air cushion on the underside of thebutten.

2. The combination with a collar button having a base, a head and a neckconnecting the base and head, of means mounted on said base and formingan air cushion therewith on the underside of the button and comprising aflexible rubber disk extending across the underside of said base butseparated therefrom by an intervening space and having its edgeconnected with the edge of the base by an air tight joint.

3. The combination with a collar button having a base, a head and a neckconnecting the base and head, of means mounted on said base and formingan air cushion therewith on the underside of the button and comprising aflexible rubber disk extending across the underside of said base butseparated therefrom by an intervening space and provided at its edgewith an upwardly and inwardly turned flange which passes around the edgeof the base and engages with the upper side thereof and an annular ribarranged on the upper side of said disk adj acent to the edge thereofand engaging with the underside of said base.

i. A protector for collar buttons having a base, a head and a neckconnecting said iase and head, comprising a disk provided on its edgewith an upwardly and inwardly turned flange and on its upper sideadjacent to said flange with an annular rib.

5. A protector for collar buttons having a base, a head and a neckconnecting said base and head, comprising a downwardly dishedconcave-convex rubber disk provided on its edge with an upwardly andinwardly turned flange and on its upper side adjacent to said flangewith an annular rib.

6. A protector for collar buttons having a base, a head and a neckconnecting said base and head, comprising a downwardly dishedconcave-convex disk provided on its edge with an upwardly and inwardlyturned flange and on its upper side adjacent to said flange with anannular upwardly projecting rib, said disk, flange and rib beingconstructed integrally of soft flexible rubber.

' MEYER COHN.

lVILLIAM F. PROBST.

